10 Doctor Who Scenes Even More Impressive When You Know The Truth

10. Dubai Disaster

With NuWho on sabbatical following its fourth series, the producers could afford to push the boat out with a handful of specials in 2009.

One such special was Planet of the Dead, broadcast over the Easter period. It involved the Doctor - and a bus full of people - being stranded on a desert planet. As if that wasn't bad enough, they were also stalked by a pack of flying, ravenous stingrays.

Public transport - what a nightmare.

To achieve a more realistic feel for the episode, it was shot in Dubai. This meant transporting a double-decker London bus all the way out to the Middle East, which went about as well as could be expected: the bus was seriously damaged in transit, when a container was accidentally dropped on it.

After losing their minds for a while, the crew decided to simply incorporate the damage into the story, explaining that the bus was damaged when it travelled through the portal.

It would've looked weird if the bus was pristine, so this accident actually improved the episode.